Okanagan

A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)

UPDATE: North Okanagan wildfire caused by humans

The initial 3 hectare blaze near Lumby is now being held

  • Mar 18, 2024
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)

North Okanagan wildfire grows to 3 hectares before being held

The blaze is less than 1 hectare in size

  • Mar 17, 2024
A new wildfire sparked near Lumby on March 17, 2024. (BC Wildfire Maps)
Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)

Uzelman: The Old West – The legend of Slumach’s lost mine

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)
Ogopogo statue at Paul’s Tomb in Kelowna. (Youtube screenshot from colintube1)

Lure of Loch Ness legend feeds Ogopogo interest in Peachland

Group wants to carve a 25-foot statue of the creature and donate it to the district

Ogopogo statue at Paul’s Tomb in Kelowna. (Youtube screenshot from colintube1)
The propeller of a motorized boat encrusted with invasive mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels can thrive in tiny crevices and even inside outboard motors, meaning very thorough cleaning is required to prevent their spread. (File photo)

B.C. Interior flexing for out-of-province boat ban to block invasive mussels

Feds announce funding up to $540,000 until 2025 to aid with mussel defence efforts

The propeller of a motorized boat encrusted with invasive mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels can thrive in tiny crevices and even inside outboard motors, meaning very thorough cleaning is required to prevent their spread. (File photo)
Bruce Uzelman

Uzelman: B.C. government to share land use authority with First Nations

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Bruce Uzelman
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Uzelman: Canadian health care performance well below other countries

A column by Bruce Uzelman

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Uzelman: Burgeoning debt interest depletes funding for government services

A column by Bruce Uzelman

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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Uzelman: ‘Population trap’ has been triggered by surging population

A column by Bruce Uzelman

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THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/The Winchester Star, Scott Mason

Migrant farmworkers in B.C. fight for rights in court

The suit claims workers have had Charter rights violated by forcing the workers to work for a single employer

  • Jan 19, 2024
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The discovery of invasive zebra and quagga mussels in Okanagan waterways continues to be a concern for the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File photo)

Okanagan officials fear cuts in battle to keep B.C. invasive mussel-free

Group looking for federal pledge to continue paying for inspection programs

The discovery of invasive zebra and quagga mussels in Okanagan waterways continues to be a concern for the Okanagan Basin Water Board. (File photo)
Wildfire damage at Lake Okanagan Resort from the McDougall Creek wildfire in August 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Okanagan resort destroyed in wildfire, fined for environmental infractions

Five administrative penalties were levelled against 1782 Holdings Ltd which owns the resort

Wildfire damage at Lake Okanagan Resort from the McDougall Creek wildfire in August 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
The Lake Okanagan Resort was one of the casualties of the McDougall Lake wildfire as it raced up the westside shoreline of the lake. (Black Press Media)

Uzelman: Proactive measures can reduce impending wildfire risk in B.C.

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Lake Okanagan Resort was one of the casualties of the McDougall Lake wildfire as it raced up the westside shoreline of the lake. (Black Press Media)
Bighorn Sheep are blue-listed as an at risk species. (Submitted photo)

Domestic diseases shrinking B.C.’s wild sheep population in Okanagan

Okanagan Nation alliance calling on province to develop overarching legislation to protect the sheep

Bighorn Sheep are blue-listed as an at risk species. (Submitted photo)
Okanagan Lake in Penticton on Jan. 12, 2023. Tempertures with the windchill are reaching lows of below -30 C. (Brennan Phillips/Western News)

PHOTOS: ‘Waterspout’ above Okanagan Lake as extreme cold hits Penticton

Temperatures with the windchill reaching marks of below -30 C

Okanagan Lake in Penticton on Jan. 12, 2023. Tempertures with the windchill are reaching lows of below -30 C. (Brennan Phillips/Western News)
TELUS original documentary The Lake is available to watch online. (Contributed/TELUS Originals)

B.C.-filmed documentary decolonizes Canadian opera with Indigenous voice

‘The Lakes’ features Westbank First Nations elder Delphine Derickson

  • Jan 10, 2024
TELUS original documentary The Lake is available to watch online. (Contributed/TELUS Originals)
Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Uzelman: Axe the Tax? The alternatives are much more costly

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
New builds like Rossland Yards development will need to follow BC Energy Step Code guidelines in order to meet sustainable. (Photo Jim Bailey)

Uzelman: New climate change regulations will drive up home building costs

A column by Bruce Uzelman

New builds like Rossland Yards development will need to follow BC Energy Step Code guidelines in order to meet sustainable. (Photo Jim Bailey)
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Uzelman: Causes of housing crisis are clear to all but politicians

A column by Bruce Uzelman

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Mir Faizal and a team of international researchers are trying to blend Einstein’s theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics in their latest study. (Pixabay)

UBC Okanagan professor in uncharted territory with new study of time, space

International research team blending Einstein’s theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics

UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Mir Faizal and a team of international researchers are trying to blend Einstein’s theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics in their latest study. (Pixabay)